S2726Introduced in the Senate
Regarding free expression
What does this bill do?
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Official description
Regarding free expression
Where it stands
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 189 of the Acts of 2026
August 10, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House votes
4 recorded votes · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
HouseStage: House Enacted - 156 YEAS to 1 NAYS · July 31, 2026
151
Yes
1
No
6
Absent or Not Voting
158 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each representative voted
| Representative | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Flanagan | 01-BAR | Yes |
| John Barrett | 01-BER | Yes |
| Michael Chaisson | 01-BRI | Yes |
| Dawne Shand | 01-ESS | Yes |
| Todd Smola | 01-HAM | Yes |
| Lindsay Sabadosa | 01-HAM | Yes |
| Margaret Scarsdale | 01-MID | Yes |
| Bruce Ayers | 01-NOR | Yes |
| Michelle Badger | 01-PLY | Yes |
| Adrian Madaro | 01-SUF | Yes |
Bill history
Text of S2696, reprinted as amended
Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #104 (Yeas 35 to Nays 3)
Read; and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the text of H5489, and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting with the amendment pending
Rules suspended
Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended
Read third
Amendment 3 rejected - 2 YEAS to 154 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 209 )
Amendment 4 rejected - 23 YEAS to 133 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 210 )
Amendment 6 adopted, as changed
Amendment 8 adopted
Passed to be engrossed - 153 YEAS to 3 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 211 )
Rules suspended
Senate concurred in the House amendment with a further amendment, see S3241
Referred to the House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
House concurred in the Senate further amendment
Enacted - 156 YEAS to 1 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 254 )
Enacted and laid before the Governor
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 189 of the Acts of 2026
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